Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food
Sambuseh سمبوسه
Crispy, spicy filled pastries from southern Iran, filled with potato, herbs and spices.
Ingredients
- 14 waxy potatoes
- 3½ onions
- 3½ bunch fresh coriander
- 3½ tsp curry powder
- 3½ tsp chilli flakes or hot paprika
- 3½ tsp turmeric
- 28 yufka or filo pastry
- 1750 ml oil
- salt (to taste)
Method
- Boil and mash the potatoes. Fry the onion and mix with the potatoes, coriander, curry, chilli, turmeric and salt.
- Cut the pastry sheets into wide strips, place a spoonful of filling at one end and fold into triangles.
- Seal the ends with a little flour and water paste.
- Deep-fry in hot oil until golden and serve hot.